| Title: | Clip of man in body bag smoking is from the set of a music video, not ‘staged’ deaths in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.326P8UH |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 23, 2022 |
| Description: | A TikTok video of a man smoking a cigarette in what appears to be a truck full of body bags has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts suggesting that deaths are being staged in the war in Ukraine. The claim is false; the clip shows the behind-the-scenes making of a music video for a song released by Russian rapper Husky in September 2020. |
Clip of man in body bag smoking is from the set of a music video, not ‘staged’ deaths in Ukraine
A TikTok video of a man smoking a cigarette in what appears to be a truck full of body bags has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts suggesting that deaths are being staged in the war in Ukraine. The claim is false; the clip shows the behind-the-scenes making of a music video for a song released by Russian rapper Husky in September 2020.
